It wasn’t exactly the perfect end to this semester when it came to “Backlash.” The WWF’s latest pay-per-view was regrettably poor compared to the rest of the 2001 PPVs. The only high points I found were the surprisingly good Hardcore Title match between Raven and Rhyno and the 50-foot fall […]
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Diamond Cats Handle Aggies at Home
Western Carolina swept a three-game series from North Carolina A&T last weekend at Childress Field/Hennon Stadium. After going into extra innings to capture the first game, WCU won the final two games by a combined total of 20 runs. The Catamounts tallied 45 hits and 40 runs in all over […]
Replace Mello Yellow with Motorola and You Have “Driven”
Replace Mello Yellow with Motorola and You Have “Driven” By Kris Kehres Copy Editor 900 million laps, 250 miles per hour, 20 races, one champ, and two movies; the new action flick “Driven,” starring Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, and Kip Pardue, can easily be compared to the Tom Cruise, Nascar […]
Catamount Club’s Annual Athletic Scholarship Auction Set for June 2
Western Carolina University’s Catamount Club will hold its annual Athletic Scholarship Auction at the Speedway Club at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in the Charlotte area on Saturday, June 2. The auction has become the cornerstone event in Catamount Club efforts to raise funds to provide athletic scholarships for men and women […]
Honorary Doctorate, Alumni Award to be Presented at WCU Commencement
Western Carolina University will bestow an honorary doctorate on a longtime public health leader and recognize a business and community leader with a major alumni award when the university holds spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 12. Commencement will begin at 2pm in the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. […]
WCU Students, Faculty Join in Oak Regeneration Project
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire — and, in a recent case, the smoke also was an indication that some Western Carolina University students and faculty were taking part in a forestry experiment to determine if fire can be used as a tool to promote oak regeneration in the Southern Appalachians. […]
WCU Breaks Ground on University Center Expansion
The upcoming expansion of Western Carolina University’s A.K. Hinds University Center will represent a major move toward making that facility a true “community center” in the heart of campus, WCU Chancellor John W. Bardo said at a Wednesday (April 25) groundbreaking ceremony. The estimated $5.3 million project will add another […]
WCU currently accepting applications for Mountain Dulcimer Week
Western Carolina University is currently accepting applications for its annual Mountain Dulcimer Week, to be held June 24-29. The mountain or Appalachian dulcimer is a stringed instrument that is indigenous to the Southern Appalachians. WCU’s Mountain Dulcimer Week, now in its second year, is the country’s most comprehensive program of […]
Chancellor’s Teaching Award Nominees Announced
Four faculty members were recently nominated for the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an educator at WCU. The 168 faculty members who were initially nominated for the award were narrowed to a field of four by a committee which examined each nominee’s teaching […]
Fire Alarms Undermine Significance of Warning
When the fire alarm sounds in a residence hall in the middle of the night, sending students out of their beds and outside the building, many students wonder what could have caused the alarm. So what are the reasons behind the incessant squawking and blinking of the alarms that are […]
